Sunday, July 23, 2017

#MadLibMonday - Hades by Elda Lore

When I was growing up, I loved Mad Libs. The excitement of sort of writing your own story really appealed to me. So I thought it would be fun to mesh that love with my love of books by turning blurbs into mad libs and letting you guys write your own book blurbs.

For anyone that doesn't know how Mad Libs work, I will ask you for certain parts of speech or other specific things (i.e.: date, age, color, etc.) which you will write down. After you have completed your list, scroll down below the cover image to find the redacted blurb. Then read through it substituting your words where applicable. Try not to laugh. (Laughing is actually strongly encouraged, because this is supposed to be funny.)

Some brief definitions of the parts of speech.
Noun: Person, place, or thing.
Verb: Describes or indicates action.
Adverb: Modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb expressing manner, place, time, or degree (gently, here, now, very).
Adjective: Names an attribute of a noun (pretty, blue, large)
Pronoun: A word that can function as a noun (I, we, they)
Preposition: a word that combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that usually acts as an adverb, adjective, or noun (on, after, for)

Persephone Fields is just an ( 1: Adjective ) girl: beloved daughter and loyal ( 2: Noun ). One night decides her Fate, when the prince of The Underworld ( 3: Verb ending in s ) her savior and her kidnapper.

Hades has lived centuries in darkness and ( 4: Noun ). When he decides to save the blonde goddess, he doesn’t consider the ( 5: Plural noun ) of his decision to bring her into his realm.

Two worlds divided ( 6: Verb ) to find friendship in a history of family discord beyond their control. When attraction blurs the line, questions result in choices of love or ( 7: Noun ).

A modern twist of the classic myth: Hades and Persephone, this version ( 8: Verb ending in s ) the sensual tension of opposites divided by contemporary humanity and mythical ( 9: Plural noun ). Also reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, this is a love story ripe with ( 10: Noun ).

Now that your fun is through, here is the real blurb for Hades by Elda Lore.

“Welcome to Hell.”

Persephone Fields is just an average girl: beloved daughter and loyal friend. One night decides her Fate, when the prince of The Underworld becomes her savior and her kidnapper.

Hades has lived centuries in darkness and sin. When he decides to save the blonde goddess, he doesn’t consider the ramifications of his decision to bring her into his realm.

Two worlds divided struggle to find friendship in a history of family discord beyond their control. When attraction blurs the line, questions result in choices of love or loyalty.

A modern twist of the classic myth: Hades and Persephone, this version incorporates the sensual tension of opposites divided by contemporary humanity and mythical underworlds. Also reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, this is a love story ripe with desire.

If you enjoyed this mad lib, comment with your list (if you dare) so the rest of us can get a chuckle out of it as well. - Katie